SUBJECT: KPD Searching For Runaway Juvenile (Update: Found Safe)
DATE: March 28th, 2025
CASE #: 25-004069
GENERAL NARRATIVE
Update: Ka’Vian Thompson has been found safe and is no longer missing. The Kingsport Police Department would like to thank the public for your assistance.
As previously released:
The Kingsport Police Department is searching for 17-year-old, Ka’Vian Thompson. Ka’Vian is believed to have left voluntarily from an address on Stonegate Road. Ka’Vian is a black male, last seen wearing a red or white hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and white Nike Air Force shoes. Ka’Vian has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a runaway Juvenile.
Anyone with information on Ka’Vian’s whereabouts is asked to contact Kingsport Central Dispatch at (423) 246-9111 or the Criminal Investigations Division at (423) 229-9429.
Alternatively, if an individual who can provide information to this or any case wishes not to be identified, tips can be submitted anonymously via online “Citizen Feedback” forms available at the following link:
https://www.kingsporttn.gov/city-services/police-department/contact-us
MISSING PERSON INFORMATION
Name Ka’Vian Thompson
Age 17
Gender/Race Male/Black
Height/Weight 135lbs/6’01”
Hair/Eyes Black/Brown
Residency Kingsport TN
Possible Clothing Last seen wearing a red or white hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and white Nike Air Force shoes.
Last Known Location Stonecrest Apartments
RELEASING OFFICER
Corporal Brandon Arnold
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
Office (423) 343-9866, Fax (423) 343-9749
BrandonArnold@KingsportTN.gov